Drove from Washington- down to California- then up to South Carolina (50 -60 hours of driving)

Chicago

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Chicago 2005

Boot Camp Graduation

Goodbye Picnic 2008

Start of first Deployment

Bahrain 2008

Port visit to see Justin

Homecoming 2009

End of first Deployment

Goodbye Picnic 2010

Start of second Deployment

Homecoming 2010!

End of second Deployment

Goodbye Picnic 2012

Start of 3rd Deployment

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Since we bought our house in 2012, I've been planning a Circus Birthday for L. We have nice, big vaulted ceilings in the livingroom and I had a dream of turning it into a big top!

It took 7 hours start to finish to put the big top up. We cut table cloth, hand sewed it onto a hula-hoop, hung it around our ceiling fan and stuck it to the walls. It was the most amazing thing I've ever done! The kids were amazed when they walked in for the party.

I also printed labels for water bottles and made signs for the cotton candy, snow cone and popcorn machines. L wanted 2 different kids of cupcakes instead of a cake this year(which was fine by me!)

We couldn't have had this party without the help of our friends. Tons of our friends came to run booths for us. First up was the concession stand(popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones), a tattoo booth(where each kid got finger mustache tattoos), balloon animals, face painting and a photo booth.

The sweets were a hit! I loved the balloon animals and the photo booth. So much fun!

Some photo booth photos! We had tons of fun props for the kids to play around with!

While I was getting lunch ready(hot dogs and corn dogs), The kids all headed down to the basement to play games! Once again our friends came in and ran the games for us!

We had a can toss(many chicken broth cans were saved for months!), a bean bag toss, ring toss, lucky duck pool and pin the nose on L(I took a picture of L in his ring master shirt and blew it up, cut red circles and had the kids stick them to his face. It was a hit!).

After games, the kids came up to eat and got to go into the prize tent(we moved the concession stand and I put out all of the prizes they could choose from)

Then we did cupcakes!

The most amazing part of the party was being in our first 'real' home, surrounded by amazing friends, making memories.

During presents, the kids got in a tissue paper fight. It was so neat to look at these pictures after and see the pure joy on L's face. He is such a happy kid and I'm so happy he had such a great time. Many times during the party he would stop and thank me for putting so much time into the party.

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He's the most amazing father and husband I could ever ask for and most importantly, he's my best friend and the love of my life. He's currently in the Navy as a NUKE aboard a Fast Attack Submarine here in New England and as of right now a "Lifer". We've survived two deployments and countless underways (from one week to two months).

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I'm Kim but my husband calls me KK. I'm a Scottish-American girl living in New England and loving it. I'm a natural red-head and have the temper to match it. I love to cook, read, go on picnics and do anything creative. I recently started volunteering at the local Aquarium working with the Penguins and I'm loving every moment of it! I love my life and love my little family! I wouldn't trade this crazy life for anything.

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The most amazing 7 year old I know for sure! He's so sweet and loving. He is my rock while Daddy is away and makes things a little easier to handle. He was born in Washington state and loves traveling just as much as we do. He was an easy baby and is now an easy child. He's happy-go-lucky and while he has his bad moments, they are few and far between. He now goes to an amazing science based school and we couldn't be happier with how his mind is growing!

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J & I are high school sweethearts. We started dating when we were 14/15 and we were married at 18. We attend the LDS church and love that it's like a home away from home. Our home town is a little Island in Northern Washington State and we miss it everyday. We have moved from Washington to South Carolina then onto New York and now we are in New England for the time being. We are head over heels in love and so far are loving this crazy adventure we are on.